The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Friday that the Obama administration’s mini-DREAM Act wasn’t a permanent solution to the nation’s immigration woes.
“For years, DREAMers have lived with the constant nightmare that they will be deported from the only home they’ve ever known. Today, that nightmare has come to an end, at least temporarily,” Laura W. Murphy, director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office, said in a statement.
“The administration cannot provide these youth with a path to U.S. citizenship,” said Joanne Lin, ACLU legislative counsel. “The ACLU calls upon all members of Congress to pass the DREAM Act, which would provide a path to citizenship for immigrants who came to the United States as children and graduated from high school.”
